Climate averages 1991–2020
Granada weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Granada: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vélez-Málaga (63 km away). In March its highs average 17.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Granada, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Granada ranks 41st of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 69th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Granada is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Granada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 48 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 2.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 14 | 4.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 58 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 58 | 7.6 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Vélez-Málaga in MarchSpain · 63 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Jaén in MarchSpain · 67 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 63 mm rain
- El Ejido in MarchSpain · 84 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Málaga in MarchSpain · 89 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in MarchSpain · 100 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Almería in MarchSpain · 109 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Mijas in MarchSpain · 113 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in MarchSpain · 129 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 57 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Granada) is explained once on the Granada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.